PPSM sponsors a series of seminars covering a broad range of topics of general interest to the polymer community, featuring speakers from both on and off campus. We invite the polymer community at MIT and elsewhere to participate. For further information, contact Professor Niels Holten-Andersen at holten@mit.edu.

All talks take place on Wednesdays

If you would like to receive Tuesday and Wednesday email announcements of the next upcoming PPSM seminar, please email your request including your email address to:  ppsm-seminar-admin@mit.edu

SPRING 2020 PPSM SEMINAR SERIES SUSPENDED 

Starting with our March 18th event, due to COVID-19 concerns all remaining PPSM Seminars and the April 8th MIT Polymer Day event have been cancelled.

We regret this unfortunate necessity but look forward to presenting a full calendar of exciting guest speakers in Fall 2020 (including as many as possible of the three cancelled Spring 2020 speakers), after the current public health crisis subsides.

AUGUST 2020 UPDATE: 

MIT Polymer Day will not be held in 2020, but will instead be held either in a live in person format, or in a Virtual format in April or March 2021 (date TBA). Choice of format will be contingent upon prevailing COVID 19 conditions on February 1st, 2021. 

Please direct any questions about the PPSM Seminar Series to: ppsm-seminar-admin@mit.edu

		MARCH
	11	CANCELLED–to be rescheduled “Adaptable Hydrogels for Regenerative Medicine, 3D Bioprinting, and Human Tissue Models” Prof. Sarah Heilshorn Department of Materials Science and Engineering Stanford University
	18	CANCELLED–to be rescheduled “Surface Forces and Stratification in Micellar Foam Film”   Prof. Vivek Sharma Department of Chemical Engineering University of Illinois/Chicago
		APRIL
	8	AUGUST 2020 UPDATE:  MIT Polymer Day Postponed until March/April 2021, Virtual or Live In-Person format depending upon prevailing conditions.
	15	TENTATIVELY RESCHEDULED FOR September 9th, 2020 Prof. Colleen Scott Department of Chemistry Mississippi State University
		MAY
	6	TENTATIVELY RESCHEDULED FOR September 23rd, 2020 Prof. Guoliang (Greg) Liu Department of Chemistry Virginia Tech
		PREVIOUS SPRING 2020 SEMINARS
		FEBRUARY
	12	“Molecular Engineering of Polyelectrolyte Complex Materials” Prof. Sarah Perry  Department of Chemical Engineering U.Mass./Amherst
	26	“Membranes with controlled selectivity and fouling resistance through polymer self-assembly” Prof. Ayse Asatekin  Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Tufts University
		MARCH
	4	“Programmable Self-Assembly with DNA and PNA for Nanobiosensing, Robotics and Manufacturing” Prof. Rebecca Taylor Department of Mechanical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University

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